Therapy as Social Interaction: Analyzing the Contexts for Language Remediation.

Snow, Catherine; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ306812

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Therapy as Social Interaction: Analyzing the Contexts for Language Remediation.

Snow, Catherine; And Others

Topics in Language Disorders, v4 n4 p72-85 Sep 1984

The article analyzes therapeutic interactional styles with language disordered children, notes a shift in clinical goals and in clinical procedures as influenced by behaviorism, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics. A typical therapy session is described incorporating features that facilitate normal language acquisition (such as imitation and semantic contingency). (CL)

Descriptors: Interaction, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps, Speech Therapy, Theories

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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Note: Theme Issue: Language Development and Disorders in the Social Content.